Lorie Logan-Bennett
Associate Director for Recruiting and Marketing, Career Services Center
2009-2010 Jakubik Family Endowment Staff Award

Lorie Logan-Bennett has worked at UMBC for 12 years with an eye toward continuous improvement and innovation in delivering exceptional service. Serving as a mentor and leader to students in the Department of Career Services and Division of Student Affairs, she is dedicated, committed and professional. Some say her high energy and creativity are “contagious.” Her contributions to student learning are numerous.

Logan-Bennett has been instrumental in the redevelopment of the Career Services Center. Within the past five years, the Center has redefined the way it works with students, employers and academic departments in terms of job placement. Logan-Bennett has successfully implemented strategies that enhance student learning in the career and workforce development process.

As the department representative on the Student Affairs Assessment and Research Committee, Logan-Bennett developed learning outcomes for the mock interview program to ensure students would articulate proficiently and provide evidence of their strengths. She also created rubric evaluations for resume development and interviewing strategies that are available on the Center’s Web site. Within a year of implementing an assessment plan, she submitted program proposals to present assessment and learning outcomes process utilized within the Center to the Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers and the UMBC Assessment Conference. Both proposals were accepted and received high rankings.

Recognizing the need for seniors to prepare earlier in the academic year, Logan-Bennett took a lead role in creating the “Job Hunting is a Fall Sport: You Have to Play to Win” seminar held in September 2008, which included resume critiques and mock interviews. In addition, Logan-Benett supervises the UMBCworks online recruiting system and continually assesses methods to increase efficiency. Through her leadership, more departments are utilizing the site to advertise on-campus jobs for students.